#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Where The Wild Roses Grow Original Album: Murder Ballads (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) Words and Music by Nick Cave Copyright © 1995 Mute Records Published by Universal Music Group Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Capo on 3. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 6/8. CHORUS: Chords: Em 022000 G 3x0003 Am x02210 B x24442 6/8 | Em | Am Em | G | B They call me the wild rose but my name was Eliza Day | Em | Am Em | Em D | Em Why they call me that I do not know, for my name was Eliza Day VERSE1: Chords: Em 022000 Am x02210 G 3x0003 B x24442 | Em | G From the first day I saw her, I knew she was the one | Am | B She stared in my eyes and smiled | Em | G | Am Her lips were the colour of the roses that grew down the river, | B All bloody and wild | Em | G When he knocked on my door and entered the room | Am | B My trembling subsided in his sure embrace | Em | G He would be my first man, and with a careful hand, | Am | B | % He wiped the tears that ran down my face [repeat CHORUS] VERSE2: Chords: Em 022000 Am x02210 G 3x0003 B x24442 | Em | G On the second day, I brought her a flower | Am | B She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen | Em | G I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow?" | Am | B So sweet and scarlet and free | Em | G On the second day he came with a single red rose | Am | B He said, "Give me your loss and your sorrow" | Em | G I nodded my head as I lay on the bed | Am | B | % If I show you the roses, will you follow alone? [repeat CHORUS] VERSE3: Chords: Em 022000 Am x02210 G 3x0003 B x24442 | Em | G On the third day he took me to the river | Am | B He showed me the roses, and we kissed | Em | G And the last thing I heard was a muttered word | Am | B As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist | Em | G On the last day, I took her where the wild roses grow | Am | B As she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief, | Em | G And I kissed her goodbye, said all beauty must die | Am | B | % And I leant down and planted a rose 'tween her teeth OUT-CHORUS: Chords: Em 022000 B x24442 Am x02210 D xx0232 G 3x0003 | Em | Am Em | G B They call me the wild rose but my name was Eliza Day | Em | Am Em | Em D | Em Why they call me that I do not know, for my name was Eliza Day | Em D | Em My name was Eliza Day, | Em D | Em For my name was Eliza Day,